September 16, 2008

Pick up curling basics and up-to-date curling techniques Tuesday Sept 23.

Learn how to instruct new curlers. Level 1 Certification available if desired. For details contact Arnie Iwanick (360-430-8909 cell).

Seattle Granite Cash Bonspiel
November 28, 29, 30 – 2008

Event Information
Start Date: Friday Nov. 28
Finish Date: Sunday Nov. 30
Rink/Arena:    Granite Curling Club
1440 North 128th Street,
Seattle WA
ph# (206) 362-2446
Format:  16 teams triple KO
WCT Event

Total Purse: $10,000+
1st Prize: $3000
Prizes and format based  on 16 teams entered.
#  of  Qualifiers: 8
# of Teams Accepted: 16
Entry Fee: $600 US

Deposit of $300 is required to guarantee entry
Credit Cards are accepted.

Bonspiel Contacts
Ken Trask (kltrask@mac.com) 206-715-1618
Brady Clark (curlgranite@hotmail.com)

If you are interested in participating in a Bonspiel in the coming months, there are many to choose from. Just to the north of us, the Granite Curling Club in Seattle has many Bonspiels throughout the curling season. For more information, check out their Bonspiel schedule at www.curlingseattle.org/index_files/Bonspiels.htm

Note that the Evergreen Curling Club will be organizing a Bonspiel at Granite, November 22-23. Put it on your calendar! More details can soon be found on our wto follow shortly.

Autumn Bospiel… Click the poster to go to GCC’s Website

McCall, Idaho
Rocktoberspiel 2008
Online Registration

Team Entry: $330 - 16 rinks -Includes entry fee, three game guarantee, Saturday night banquet, and commemorative gift.

Entry fee paid in full with registration. Checks payable to: McCalll Curling Club

Mail checks to: McCall Curling Club, P.O. Box 2575, McCall ID 83638

Deadline: Monday, September 29, 2008

To All Evergreen Curling Club Members:

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MEMBERSHIP DUES are due FOR 2008/2009

The Evergreen Curling Club membership year runs from October 1 to September 30 so it is time to re-join the club for another season of curling.  The membership dues have not changed and are still the same bargain that they were last year.  Please fill in the attached Membership and Release of Liability forms and send them with your dues and league fees to the club P.O. Box noted on the membership form. 

You do have to be a member to join a curling league.

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FALL CURLING LEAGUES START OCTOBER 19 AND 21

We will be offering three (full length) leagues again this fall - one on Sunday evenings starting October 19 at 6:30PM and two on Tuesday evenings starting October 21 - the early league starting at 6:15PM and the second league starting at 8:00PM.  All leagues are 9 weeks in length with the first 7 weeks devoted to round-robin competition and the final two weeks scheduled for playoffs to determine the league champions.  All teams will play in the playoffs. 

Social events with potluck dinners, after-game refreshments and gatherings are planned throughout the league play and you are encouraged to attend.  Our intent is to increase the camaraderie within the club.

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“PRE-SEASON” CURLING OPPORTUNITIES

We have scheduled some events so you can hone your curling skills prior to the start of league play. 

Portland Community College - Curling Classes September 21 & 28 at 5:45 PM and October 5 & 12 at 5:45 PM

• We are instructing at two, two-week session PCC curling classes September 21 and 28 and then October 5 and 12.  See the current PCC class brochure or check their web site for details.  Spaces are somewhat limited so if you or your friends want to attend one of these courses please don’t delay your registration .

Curling Open House - September 30 at 7:30 - 9:30 PM

• We are holding an Open House on September 30 at the Lloyd Center.  Plan to attend to help out and bring your friends.  We’re sure that they’ll love the game too.

Two-Week Novice League October 7, & 14 at 7:30 - 9:30 PM

• This is a perfect opportunity for new players from the PCC classes or the Open House to try out the sport in a full game situation.  We are holding a two-week Novice League running October 7 and 14 so if you’re not sure about joining a full league this is your chance to try it out at with a minimal commitment. You don’t have to be a club member to play in this league.

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CURLING INSTRUCTION

If you haven’t visited the Evergreen Curling Club web site for a while, check out the “re-formatted” site.  It is at www.evergreencurling.com or www.evergreencurling.org (whichever you prefer).  Many thanks to our Web Skip, Garry Stasiuk.

Good Curling,

Wayne Brock, Secretary

Curling is a lot like Bocce and a lot like Lawn Bowling. I’ve been curling for five years, playing bocce for two years, and I recently tried lawn bowling, or boules, as they sometimes call it. They are all so similar that I think anyone who plays one of these should at least try the others. I made a spreadsheet comparing the three games. Hope you enjoy all three of these games…curling-bocce-bowls-compared1

Tuesday I went to see and experience Lawn Bowling at the invitation of ECC member T. Gae Rusk. I have been playing Bocce for two years now, and when Gae joined the Bocce league this summer, she told me Lawn Bowling was closer to Curling in style and manner of play. Well, it is. I love Bocce, and after experiencing Lawn Bowling, I’m sure I could love that game too.

In Bocce the ball is rolled straight and doesn’t curve unless it hits a bump in the playing surface (a sand-like material). In Lawn Bowling, the bowls (their name for the balls) are not quite perfect spheres, so they curve either left or right, depending on how you deliver them, just like a curling stone. LB is played on grass that is kept at about the cutting level of a good golf green. The bowls come in different sizes for different sizes of hands. It is scored like curling, but the teams can be of two, three or four players.

Some time ago I made a spreadsheet comparing Curling to Bocce. Now I’m going to add a column for Lawn Bowling.

Try it sometime. Contact me 503 284 3293 or Gae about Lawn Bowling or Bocce if interested.

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